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That would be "odometry" in the sense you need it. Odometry just refers to some high rate knowledge of your current state from your starting position (usually). This can include wheel encodes, IMUs, visual maps, etc but none of them are strictly required.

The information you would be getting falls into the category of odometry, so you should be good to go!

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